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post-ocular. Antennas much longer than the head; first joint setulose, 

 Bubclavate; second nearly twice as long as the first; third and fourth short. 

 Prothorax irregularly furrowed, with rounded and not prominent angles ; 

 fore lobe much longer than the hind lobe. Scutellum with three furrows, 

 tuberculate at the tip. Fore pectus with a porrect spine on each side. 

 Hind angles of the abdominal segments rounded and slightly dilated. 

 Legs speckled with black; fore femora incrassated. Corium with a 

 cinereous costal streak. Length of the body 8 lines. 



a, b. Santarem. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



29. CoNORHINUS PORRIGENS. 



Fcem. Niger, subfusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo postico cequilongum ; 

 lobi antici discus bispmosus et bituberculatus ; lobus posticus postice 

 rufo bivillatus et bimaculalus ; scutellum sulcatum, apice rufum el 

 tuberculatum, connexivum luleo maculatum ; corium luteo venosum et 

 strigatum. 



Female. Black, shining, subfusiform. Head as long as the hind lobe 

 of the prothorax; ante-ocular part full twice as long as the post-ocular. 

 Antennas longer than the head and the prothorax together; first joint 

 extending to the tip of the head ; second more than twice as long as the 

 first ; third shorter than the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax hardly half as 

 long as the hind lobe, with two spines in front, with one on each side of the 

 disk, and with a tubercle on each side hindward. Hind lobe with a red 

 stripe on the hind pait of each of the two longitudinal ridges, and with a 

 red spot od each of the rounded and slightly-prominent hind angles. 

 Scutellum with a longitudinal furrow, and with a red tubercle on the tip. 

 Connexivum with transverse luteous spots. Corium with luteous veins, 

 and with two luteous subcostal streaks. Length of the body 13 lines. 



Much allied to C. rubrovarius, but it does not sufficiently agree with the 

 description, nor with the figure of that species, to be identified with it. 



a, b. Pernambuco. Presented by — Spooner, Esq. 



30. CoNORHINUS DIMINCTUS. 



Fcem. Niger, pyriformis ; caput prothoraci icquilongum ; antenna 

 capite longiores, articulo 4a albido ; prothorax scaber, bicarinatus ; 

 connexivum luteo maculatum ; pedes brcviusculi, sat validi, tarsis 

 ferrugineis ; ala anticce abdominis apicem non altingenles, punclo 

 apud corii apicem albido. 



Female. Black, dull, pear-shaped. Head lanceolate, as long as the 

 prothorax; ante-ocular part lull twice as long as the post-ocular. Rostrum 

 slender. Antennaa longer than the head ; first joint less than one-third 

 as long as the ante-ocular head ; second nearly twice as long as the first; 

 third as lonjj as the first ; fourth whitish, ms lung ;is the thud. Prulhuraz 

 scabrous, with two ridges, which diverge hindwurd ; fore lube longer than 

 the hind lobe, with a tubercle on each side of the fore border; bind lobe 

 obtusely angular and slightly prominent on each side. Connexivum with 

 transverse luteous spots. Legs rather short and stout ; tarsi ferruginous, 



